Frame Radical (冂) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
冂 is the frame radical. It appears in 18 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 冂 mean?
Frame radical · 冂 jiōng · 2 strokes · an open frame; borders
It usually appears wrapping the character from above and the sides. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 冂
12 common characters with 冂
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 用 | yòng | use | |
| 两 | liǎng | two | Two people 从 together in a cart |
| 见 | jiàn | see, meet | Simplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized |
| 口 | kǒu | [measure word for people in a family or village, and also for pigs, etc.]; [measure word for tool or instrument with an edge such as a sword]; [measure word for the amount held in mouth] mouthful | An open mouth |
| 内 | nèi | inside, within | A man 人 entering a door 冂 |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month | A crescent moon |
| 周 | zhōu | week; cycle | Border 冂 around land 土 with a well 口 |
| 网 | wǎng | net; web, internet | A net for catching fish |
| 南 | nán | south | A musical bell |
| 肉 | ròu | meat | Meat on the ribs of an animal |
| 央 | yāng | center; end; to beg; to plead | |
| 尚 | shàng | still, yet |
Related Radicals
- 亻Person radical · rén115 common characters · person; people
- 儿Legs radical · ér10 common characters · son; a pair of legs
- 八Eight radical · bā44 common characters · eight; a pair dividing left and right
- 冖Cover radical · mì18 common characters · a cover
- 冫Ice radical · bīng14 common characters · ice; cold
- 几Table radical · jī12 common characters · a small table
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